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 master of ordinance wrote:

Sleep with a female band member from a band i like

Been there. Done that. Here's my t-shirt.

 kronk wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

Sleep with a female band member from a band i like

Been there. Done that. Here's my t-shirt.

Kronk... did you bed the correct one? I couldn't tell which was the Hanson sister

Yeah, I think the OP is looking at the wrong things. It's a list of things, when the real problem with "settling down" is that it prevents lifestyles.

Lots of married men have a yearly vegas weekend. Few can move to Vegas for a year.

Still though, anything you want to try that a potential partener could object to, do before you settle down. Not because you can't find a partner that will condone it, but because you want to know how importnat it is to you! You might have a threeway or two, and realize it's not worth selecting a mate based on willingness for that. Or likewise, you will realize it's absolutely crucial to your happiness.

I suppose there is a broader point to be made, in that before you settle down you should know who you are. And chasing dreams is how you figure that out.

As for specific things, it kinda depends how old you are. I'd give different advice to an 18 year old than to a 30 year old, because the level of resources and the urgency of the matter are both different.

Visit a few places I've always wanted to visit: Japan, North Korea possibly (Hey if I'm lucky I might get to catch a glimpse of High Lord Tubbytits himself. )

See Rome (again.)

Fire a gun, (not at anyone obviously, just wanna bust a few watermelons with an old bolt action or something.)

Visit a grand waterfall in a jungle/forest somewhere and swim in the pool underneath it.

Go kayaking in New Zealand (aka Middle Earth.)

Already done days long gaming marathons but I have plenty of more to do before I die, hell even if I were married I'd still stay up all night every now and then playing games.

Possibly buy in on a franchise, fast food restaurants or something, then buy some more until I own a chain of them. It'd be profitable and I would have plenty of cash for savings that way. Plus: free fried chicken

I have others, can't remember right now though. Other than that though all I have to say is that I don't think I'll have to worry about the ball and chain thing too much anyway. I don't see myself getting married to be honest, too much hassle, especially when it all goes tits up and you're sat in the divorce office fighting tooth and claw over who gets to keep this and that.

Call me a miserable/pessimistic sod if you want (you'd be right anyway,) but I think I'd rather just do the smart thing and avoid the trouble in the first place, it's not something I want. However in the unlikely event that I did get married it's be to someone who shares my interests so being married shouldn't stop me from doing any of this anyway...

 Frazzled wrote:
Well so far I've swim with sharks (as a lawyer there's no issues here sharks don't attack lawyers out of professional courtesy); climbed a mountain; stared down a mountain lion; and intend to ride a motorcycle across the West US when GC goes to college. They won't let me jump out of an airplane until GC graduates as well.

I'd love to rob a bank with a monkey driving the getaway van. That's be awesome. "STEP ON IT MONKEY!!!"

On that front;

I've achieved solo freefall (and I'm scared of heights),
I have two kids, one boy, one girl,
Seen dolphins in the wild,
Seen the Pyramids/Sphinx
Visited the Grand Canyon,
Lost money at Vegas,
Seen the Moai heads of Easter Island,
Visited Macchu Pichu
Learned another language,
Visited one third of the countries in the world,

Not a lot left on the bucket list.

Cheers

Andrew

 Kilkrazy wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Threeway.

You can do that when you are settled down as well. You have to grow the pervy mustache of course...

As long one of them is inflatable its all fine.

And since when do we need an excuse to grow a pervy mustache? Thats actually on my bucket list. I'm thinking after I get married and when the wife goes away for something, then she comes home to Mr Walrus.

Do you have "Movember" in the USA?

http://uk.movember.com/

We do indeed, however she would probably be expecting that.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Threeway.

You can do that when you are settled down as well. You have to grow the pervy mustache of course...

As long one of them is inflatable its all fine.

And since when do we need an excuse to grow a pervy mustache? Thats actually on my bucket list. I'm thinking after I get married and when the wife goes away for something, then she comes home to Mr Walrus.

Do you have "Movember" in the USA?

http://uk.movember.com/

We do indeed, however she would probably be expecting that.

Then take it up a notch. To draw more attention to your radical facial hair, shave all of your other hair off the last night of October- serious bonus points if it is done by moonlight.

 master of ordinance wrote:
Hedonism
More hedonism
Even more hedonism
Paint every damn model i have!
Sleep with a female band member from a band i like
Go to many concerts where the bands i like are playing
Do a festival tour
Stay awake for a week
Attend protest marches
Chain myself to the gates of Wesley street mill infront of the bulldozers (those Gorrie bastards wont demolish it if i have my way)
A 2 day gaming marathon
Lead the charge against police lines in a protest charge
Loot
Trek across the lake district
Go clubbing
Have a guys night out

As a side note, if you want a 3some then copy the master and date a bisexual.

Or be bisexual. Or both.

I would advise marrying a girl who won't make you "settle down".

Eleven years and still going strong.

 deathholydeath wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:
Hedonism
More hedonism
Even more hedonism
Paint every damn model i have!
Sleep with a female band member from a band i like
Go to many concerts where the bands i like are playing
Do a festival tour
Stay awake for a week
Attend protest marches
Chain myself to the gates of Wesley street mill infront of the bulldozers (those Gorrie bastards wont demolish it if i have my way)
A 2 day gaming marathon
Lead the charge against police lines in a protest charge
Loot
Trek across the lake district
Go clubbing
Have a guys night out

As a side note, if you want a 3some then copy the master and date a bisexual.

Or be bisexual. Or both.

I'm free.

 Monster Rain wrote:
I would advise marrying a girl who won't make you "settle down".

Eleven years and still going strong.

Pretty much this If you're with someone who has similar interests as you, and a similar outlook on things it makes it a lot easier. In fact I like my wife so much I'm marrying her a second time this summer

Get married.